Azure Weekly Issue 371: 15th May 2022
It's been a few months, but James Dawson published the next post in his series of Adventures in Dapr: Episode 2 covering migrating secret management to Azure Key Vault and how you deal with reducing friction from your inner dev loop. Azure Container Apps continues to release new features: ACA public preview of support log streaming and console connect
A number of updates for Static Web Apps: support skipping API builds via Azure pipelines and improved Azure DevOps support in Static Web Apps and a call to join us and the developer community to celebrate Azure Static Web Apps.
Other interesting posts: use the Resource Explorer from the Azure Portal, and Combining AAD App Proxy with Front Door and Application Gateway for WAF, and finally, Power BI connectors to Azure Synapse.
AI + Machine Learning
Covering: Anomaly detector, Azure Bot Service, Azure Machine Learning, Azure Open Datasets, Bing APIs, Cognitive Services, Computer Vision, Content moderator, Custom vision, Data Science Virtual Machines, Face, Form Recogniser, Immersive Reader, Ink Recogniser, Language Understanding (LUIS), Machine Learning Studio, Microsoft Genomics, ML.NET, Personaliser, Project Cortex, QnA Maker, Speaker Recognition, Speech-to-Text, Speech translation, Text Analytics, Text to Speech , Translator Speech, Translator Text
- Abhijit Jana (@AbhijitJana) covers Azure AI + ML Services & Platform in a Nutshell using Mind Map
- Andy Beatman announces New voices and emotions to Azure Neural Text to Speech
- Melinda Ma talks about Azure Neural TTS releases 5 new voices and expands emotions in American English
- The Azure Updates Team announces the Generally availability of OCR supports 164 languages in the Cognitive Services Computer Vision
Analytics
Covering: Apache Spark for HDInsight, Apache Storm for HDInsight, Azure Analysis Services, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Data Share, Azure Databricks, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Catalog, Data Factory, Data Lake Analytics, Event Hubs, HDInsight, .NET for Apache Spark, R Server for HDInsight, Azure Purview
- On the MSSQL Tips site, Ron L'Esteve explains how to Advanced Databricks Lakehouse Capabilities
- James Serra (@JamesSerra) discusses Power BI connectors to Azure Synapse
- On the Microsoft BI Tools blog, Joost van Rossum (@ssisjoost) explains how to Refresh Power BI Datasets via its name instead of Id
- Rie Merritt highlights the process for Joining the Azure Data Community Advisory Council
- Alexandre Vilcek concludes the series A Solution Template for Soft Sensor Modeling on Azure - Part 2
Compute
Covering: Azure CycleCloud, Azure Dedicated Host, Azure Functions, Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple, Batch, Cloud Services, Linux Virtual Machines, SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances, Service Fabric, Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets
- The Azure Updates Team announces the Public preview: Azure Virtual Machines DCsv3 in Australia, Japan, US, and Asia
- The Azure Updates Team writes about Generally available: Azure Compute Gallery support for trusted launch Virtual Machines
- Jeffrey Palermo (@jeffreypalermo) talks about Udi Dahan: Distributed Computing - Episode 192
- On the Azure blog, Garima Singh explains how to Manage Red Hat workloads seamlessly on Azure
Containers
Covering: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, CNAB, CNCF, Container Instances, Container Registry, Porter, WSL, Web App for Containers
- The Azure Updates Team announces the Public preview of Azure Container Apps log streaming and console connect
- On the endjin blog, James Dawson (@James_Dawson) discusses Adventures in Dapr: Episode 2
Databases
Covering: Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Database for MariaDB, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Database Edge, Azure Cache for Redis, SQL Data Warehouse, SQL Server on virtual machines, SQL Server Stretch Database, Table storage
- The Azure Updates Team announces the Generally availability: Minor versions upgrade for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server
- On Tech Community blog, Jose M Jurado (@jmjuradodiaz) writes about Global Azure 2022 - How to get the most from Azure SQL Database Session Delivered
- Jose M Jurado (@jmjuradodiaz) writes about Global Azure 2022 - Azure SQL Journey: The daily routine of a Cloud DBA Session Delivered
- Jose M Jurado (@jmjuradodiaz) describes Lesson Learned 203: How can I know that my connection is using Redirect connectivity policy and describes Lesson Learned 204: Elastic Query and firewall issues
- Marisa Brasile describes SQL Insider Series: Restoring a backup from LTR in Azure SQL DB Data Exposed
- Swati Srivastava blogs about SQL DB maintenance activity using Automation accounts for Azure SQL DBsDifferent scenarios
- On the Microsoft BI Tools blog, Joost van Rossum (@ssisjoost) blogs about DevOps: SQL Server - NETFramework v4.5 not found
- Niko Neugebauer explains how to Migrate Amazon RDS for SQL Server to Azure SQL Managed Instance – Part 2 Native Backup & Restore
- The Azure Updates Team talks about Azure SQL Hyperscale SLA improvements Generally available
Developer Tools
Covering: App Configuration, Azure Lab Services, CLIs, Developer tool integrations, SDKs, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio Online
- On the Visual Studio blog, Peter Groenewegen (@pgroene) writes about Just-in-time refactoring made even easier with IntelliCode auto suggested code for C#
- Sayyeda Mussa explains how to Update all Visual Studio installations with a single click
- Tim Heuer writes that Visual Studio 2022 17.2 is now available
- On the Visual Studio blog, Jordan Matthiesen (@JMatthiesen) writes about Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Release Candidate 2
DevOps
Covering: Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Test Plans, Azure DevTest Labs, DevOps tool integrations
- The Azure Updates Team talks about Public preview: Improved Azure DevOps support in Static Web Apps
- Gerasimos Alexiou describes how to Start multiple VMs using parameters with Azure DevOps pipeline
- Anuraj Parameswaran describes how to Setting up an Azure Virtual Machine as Azure DevOps build agent
- Praveen Kumar Sreeram (@PrawinSreeram) shares Azure DevOps – Tips and Tricks – 7 – Resolve the While scanning a literal block scalar, found extra spaces in first line error.
- Aarthi Vijayaraghavan describes How GitHub Actions handles CI/CD scale on short-running jobs with Ephemeral OS disk Reimage
- Bret Arsenault explains how to Continued investments in supply chain security in support of the cybersecurity Executive Order
- Anuraj Parameswaran covers Deploying on Azure Functions - GitHub Actions
- April Edwards (@TheAprilEdwards) talks about Azure Terrafy – Import your existing Azure infrastructure into Terraform HCL
Hybrid + Multicloud
Covering: Azure Arc, Azure Stack
- The Azure Updates Team announces the Generally availability of Azure Arc-enabled servers support for private endpoints
- Steve Buchanan (@buchatech) discusses Watch Learn Live Episode 7 – Introduction to Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
- Melony Qin covers Enabling Active Directory AD Authentication in Arc-enabled SQL Managed instance
- Jeffrey Raymond Kitt discusses Friday Five: Power Automate, Windows Admin Center, More
- Pierre Roman (@pierreroman) covers AzUpdate S04E13: Azure Compute Gallery, Azure Arc, Virtual Network & Red Hat.
- Ryan Willis announces the Generally Availability of Azure Arc-enabled servers support for private endpoints
- Sarah Cooley announces the General availability of Windows Server guest subscription offer, only on Azure Stack HCI
- Thomas Maurer (@thomasmaurer) blogs about Azure HybridMulticloud and Edge Day – Digital Event
Identity
Covering: Azure Active Directory (AD), Azure Active Directory B2C, Azure Active Directory Domain Services
- Gerasimos Alexiou explains how to Authenticate to Azure management API using az cli
- Pierre Roman (@pierreroman) talks about AzUpdate S04E12: Passwordless, Azure Key Vault, Azure Functions and Microsoft Authenticator
- On the Azure Medium blog, Andre Camillo writes about Agnostic Cloud Security controls from Microsoft
- Alex Weinert writes about Require reauthentication for Intune enrollment or risk
- Assaf Yatziv describes Detecting and Remediating Impossible Travel
- Dan Levy blogs about Security Settings Management in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is now generally available
- Koby Mymon discusses Microsoft Sentinel – Continuous Threat Monitoring for GitHub New OOTB Content
- Noelle Li explains how to Transform data in ADF with Azure Cognitive Services
- Sue Bohn explains how to Strengthen your security posture with new Azure AD partner integrations
- Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) describes Email one-time passcode OTP - Enable guest users without federation or registration
- Tobias Zimmergren (@zimmergren) talks about Use the Resource Explorer from the Azure Portal and highlights Recommended books about Azure security
Integration
Covering: Azure API for FHIR, Event Grid, Logic Apps, Service Bus
- Rafferty Uy talks about Operations Task Management Feedback Loop
- Sarah Fender (@sarahfender), Principal Program Manager - Azure Cybersecurity, explains how to Unleash the Power of Modern SecOps with Microsoft Sentinel SOAR
- Lior Tamir explains how to What's new: Power-up automation with Logic Apps Standard
- Ridhima Sinha explains how to Create ADF Events trigger that runs an ADF pipeline in response to Azure Storage events.
- Sujith Komma blogs about Exception Handling in Logic Apps
- Wagner Silveira describes Logic Apps Standard Performance Benchmark - Burst workloads
- On SQL Server Central, Arindam Mondal talks about The Script Activity in Azure Data Factory
- Michael Aldridge announces The Access Connector for Dataverse and Power Platform Is Released for General Availability
Internet of Things
Covering: Azure Digital Twins, Azure IoT Central, Azure IoT Edge, Azure IoT Hub, Azure IoT solution accelerators, Azure Maps, Azure Sphere, Azure Time Series Insights, IoT DevKit, WildernessLabs, Windows 10 IoT Core Services
- The Azure Updates Team explains how to Update your IoT Edge devices on Raspberry Pi OS Stretch and writes about Generally available: Azure IoT Edge supports Debian Bullseye on ARM32v7
- Sander van de Velde writes about Dynamic routing of IoT Hub telemetry to Azure Data Explorer
- Adam Bogo explains How the latest advances in ML and AI are modernizing manufacturing
- Mikkel Christian Sørensen blogs about Scale industrial IoT with unified data from industrial assets with Omnio IoT
- Oliver Niedung blogs about Turning innovation into a competitive advantage across industries
- Olivier Bloch describes IoT at Microsoft Build 2022
Learning
Covering: Microsoft Certifications, Azure Certifications, Microsoft Learning Paths, Certification Pathway Information
- Margo Crandall writes about New Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 training: April 2022 roundup
- The Student Developer Team announces Intro to Tech Skills sessions at Microsoft Build 2022
- Radu Vunvulea (@RaduVunvulea) says that Microsoft Build 2022 is here
- Vinicius Apolinario (@vrapolinario) explains how to Learn Containers and Kubernetes from Microsoft Learn
- Sander van de Velde writes about Free Microsoft AZ-220 Azure IoT Developer Specialty renewal
Management and Governance
Covering: Automation, Azure Advisor, Azure Backup, Azure Blueprints, Azure Lighthouse, Azure Managed Applications, Azure mobile app, Azure Monitor, Azure Policy, Azure Resource Manager, Azure Service Health, Azure Site Recovery, Cloud Shell, Cost Management, Microsoft Azure portal, Scheduler, Azure Purview
- The Azure Updates Team talks about Azure VM insights guest health preview will be retired on 30 November 2022 and writes about Generally available: IT Service Management Integration with secure webhook
- Tobias Zimmergren Jussi Roine writes about 133 - Performance Efficiency in the Azure Well-Architected Framework
Media
Covering: Azure Media Player, Content Protection, Encoding, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Media Analytics, Media Services, Video Indexer
Migration
Covering: Azure Database Migration Service, Azure Migrate, Data Box
- The Azure Updates Team writes about General availability: Azure Data Lake Storage Gen1 to Gen2 using Azure Portal
- On Tech Community blog, Kellyn Gorman (@DBAKevlar) describes Using Oracle AWR and Infra Info to Give Customers Complete Solutions to Performance Problems
Mobile
Covering: App Service (Mobile), Mobile apps, Notification Hubs, Visual Studio App Centre, Xamarin
- On the Xamarin blog, Luis Matos discusses Tips for Moving Your Xamarin Library to .NET MAUI
Networking
Covering: Application Gateway, Azure Bastion, Azure DNS, Azure ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, Azure Firewall Manager, Azure Front Door, Azure Internet Analyzer, Azure Private Link, Content Delivery Network, Load Balancer, Network Watcher, Traffic Manager, Virtual Network, Virtual WAN, VPN Gateway, Web Application Firewall
- Jose Moreno (@erjosito) talks about Azure Firewall rules for Office 365
- Andrea Michael blogs about Securing Your Virtual Networks with Azure Virtual Network Manager
- Gustavo Modena describes Enhancements to Azure WAF now in General Availability
- Jose Moreno (@erjosito) blogs about Combining AAD App Proxy with Front Door and Application Gateway for WAF
- Hannes Lagler-Gruener talks about Azure Network Manager
Security
Covering: Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Information Protection, Azure Sentinel, Key Vault, Security Center
- Sam Cogan (@samcogan) covers Accessing Key Vault Secrets in Pulumi
- Rijuta Kapoor describes Bring Threat Intelligence from SEKOIA.IO using TAXII data connector
- TJ Banasik describes Search, Investigate, & Respond to Indicators of Compromise with the Threat Intelligence Workbook
- Gopalakrishnan Krishnan describes Introducing Additional Dynamic Tags in Attack Simulation Training
- Zachary Cavanell explains how to Transform your security operations with Microsoft Security Experts Human-led services
- Mo ElKhouly explains how to Tamper Protection is now available on macOS
- Nicholas Kondamudi talks about Azure Key Vault Managed HSM – Control your data in the cloud
- Priyan Kagill announces the public preview of Microsoft Defender personal profile support for Android Enterprise
- Shahar Aviv talks about Whats new: Closer integration between Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft 365 Defender
- Tomer Reisner announces Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management in public preview
- Benjamin Kovacevic covers Using Microsoft Teams Adaptive Cards to enhance incident response in Microsoft Sentinel
- Rafik Gerges blogs about Automating bulk onboarding of Azure IaaS and PaaS resources into Microsoft Sentinel
Storage
Covering: Archive Storage, Avere vFXT for Azure, Azure Data Lake Store, Azure FXT Edge Filer, Azure HPC Cache, Azure NetApp Files, Blob Storage, Disk Storage, File Storage, Managed Disks, Queue Storage, Storage Accounts, Storage Explorer, StorSimple
- Anuraj Parameswaran blogs about Deploying a Static Site to Azure Using the az CLI
- Sandip Khandelwal covers Mainframe files transfer to Azure Data Platform using SFTP
- Zoey Lan describes Tool Introduction on How to Efficiently Read Azure Storage Diagnostic Logs
- Silvio Di Benedetto blogs about Azure File Sync v15
Web
Covering: API apps, API Management, App Service (Web), Azure Cognitive Search, Azure SignalR Service, Azure Spring Cloud, Web apps
- The Azure Updates Team describes Public preview: Static Web Apps support skipping API builds via Azure pipelines
- John Reilly (@johnny_reilly) describes Azure Static Web Apps: named preview environments with Azure DevOps
- On the Azure blog, Simona Cotin (@simona_cotin) explains how to Join us and the developer community to celebrate Azure Static Web Apps
- Nitya Narasimhan (@ntiya) explains how to Learn Azure Static Web Apps in 30DaysOfSWA
- Damir Arh (@DamirArh) covers Deploying Blazor WebAssembly applications to Azure Static Web Apps
- On the Azure podcast, Kyle Teegarden covers Episode 423 - Azure Cache for Redis
- Justin Yoo (@justinchronicle) discusses Blazor WebAssembly for Headless CMS on Azure Static Web Apps
- Baskar Rao Dandlamudi describes Enabling OpenAPI Specifications for Azure Function
- Anuraj Parameswaran blogs about Mapping a wildcard domain name to an Azure App Services
Azure Virtual Desktop
Covering: Azure Virtual Desktop
- Freek Berson (@fberson) describes Monitoring Azure Virtual Desktop with eG Enterprise
Azure Weekly Archive
If you would like to read more interesting articles from the Azure ecosystem check out our archive where you will find all of the back issues.
Contribute Content
If you would like to contribute any content to the Azure Weekly newsletter, please email azureweekly@endjin.com